Latest / Dad’s Bedtime Stories / Blobby The Shapeshifting Blob Goes on Vacation - A Bedtime Story

Transcript

Blobby The Shapeshifting Blob Goes on Vacation - A Bedtime Story · Dad’s Bedtime Stories

• 0:04
  Speaker 1: Hello, friends from across the nation and around the world.
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: I'm Martin, and you are listening to Dad's Bedtime Stories,
• 0:14
  Speaker 1: the podcast that takes listener ideas and turns them into
• 0:18
  Speaker 1: bedtime stories. And today, I felt like it was time
• 0:23
  Speaker 1: to do another Blobby the Shapeshifting Blob episode, and strangely enough,
• 0:30
  Speaker 1: I just received a new idea for it. Let's check
• 0:34
  Speaker 1: it out. Hello.
• 0:37
  Speaker 2: I really want to do another blobby story about you
• 0:41
  Speaker 2: taking him through airport security to get to California to
• 0:46
  Speaker 2: visit your cousin. But turns out your cousin has another
• 0:50
  Speaker 2: blobby who's blobby's cousin. And then they hang out together
• 0:57
  Speaker 2: for the rest of the trip.
• 0:58
  Speaker 3: Then when they go home, you accidentally switch blobby's. Then
• 1:05
  Speaker 3: you have to wait until next time to go to
• 1:09
  Speaker 3: the trip, so then you can get your blobby back.
• 1:18
  Speaker 1: Well, thank you to Tavi, who suggested that episode. And
• 1:24
  Speaker 1: as a result, well, I don't know if you guys
• 1:27
  Speaker 1: knew this, but in the blobby universe, you now have
• 1:29
  Speaker 1: a cousin named Tavi. So, uh, because I decided to
• 1:34
  Speaker 1: name the cousin Tavi. I do want to give a
• 1:38
  Speaker 1: shout-out to Allie, who also came up with a bunch
• 1:40
  Speaker 1: of Blobby episode ideas, including one where Blobby goes on vacation,
• 1:45
  Speaker 1: which I feel like is really similar to this and
• 1:48
  Speaker 1: part of the reason I chose it.
• 1:49
  Speaker 3: Uh, yeah.
• 1:51
  Speaker 1: So, anyways, I hope you guys like the episode. Before
• 1:55
  Speaker 1: we get started, I just want to remind you, there
• 1:58
  Speaker 1: are a lot of ways to support the podcast. Just
• 2:02
  Speaker 1: listening to it matters a lot. Rating and reviewing it
• 2:05
  Speaker 1: makes a really big difference for other people finding it.
• 2:08
  Speaker 1: So if you take a second to do that, if
• 2:09
  Speaker 1: you haven't done it before, that would mean a lot, parents.
• 2:14
  Speaker 1: And other than that, if you do want ad-free episodes
• 2:18
  Speaker 1: and bonus content, which right now includes some graphic novels,
• 2:25
  Speaker 1: as well as a link to the Wizardcraft video game
• 2:29
  Speaker 1: that I created, Kind of an old school video game.
• 2:33
  Speaker 1: You can join us on Patreon for as little as
• 2:36
  Speaker 1: $ 1 a month. Or you can pay up front for
• 2:39
  Speaker 1: the year. And I think you even get a discount.
• 2:41
  Speaker 1: So less than $ 12 for the entire year. You can
• 2:46
  Speaker 1: of course support with more if you want to. But
• 2:49
  Speaker 1: that's the minimum. Speaking of Patreon. I want to give
• 2:53
  Speaker 1: a big shout out and a thank you to Brielle.
• 2:57
  Speaker 1: Who I actually did a story for recently. And She
• 3:01
  Speaker 1: became my... Well, one of my latest Patreon sponsors, so
• 3:07
  Speaker 1: thank you, Brielle. But now, it's time to get on
• 3:12
  Speaker 1: with the story. After a possible word from a possible sponsor,
• 3:16
  Speaker 1: of course. Get as comfy as you can in those beds,
• 3:22
  Speaker 1: or wherever it is you're listening. Close your eyes, and
• 3:26
  Speaker 1: imagine yourself doing what the kid in the story... does.
• 3:34
  Speaker 1: You wake up to a strange purring sound coming from
• 3:39
  Speaker 1: beside your pillow. You open one eye and curled up
• 3:44
  Speaker 1: beside you is an incredibly fluffy, long-haired blue cat. Its
• 3:52
  Speaker 1: tail is wrapped around its body and its little nose
• 3:56
  Speaker 1: is tucked underneath one paw. Of course, it's Not actually
• 4:01
  Speaker 1: a cat, it's Blobby, your shape-shifting blob. You reach over
• 4:08
  Speaker 1: and scratch him behind the ears. Good morning, Blobby, you say.
• 4:13
  Speaker 1: The little cat stretches, yawns, and opens its eyes. Blobby,
• 4:21
  Speaker 1: he says. Then he closes his eyes again. Come on, buddy,
• 4:27
  Speaker 1: time to get up. You climb out of bed. Get
• 4:31
  Speaker 1: dressed and make your way downstairs. Blobby follows, still in
• 4:36
  Speaker 1: cat form, occasionally rubbing against your leg. When you reach
• 4:41
  Speaker 1: the kitchen, you notice something sitting on the table. Beside
• 4:46
  Speaker 1: it is a note. You pick it up and read it.
• 4:50
  Speaker 3: Good morning.
• 4:52
  Speaker 1: Don't forget that today is the day, the day you
• 4:56
  Speaker 1: fly to California to visit your cousin Tavi. Your bag
• 5:01
  Speaker 1: is packed and your plane ticket's on the table. Make
• 5:05
  Speaker 1: sure you're ready for the airport shuttle. We booked it
• 5:08
  Speaker 1: for 8 o'clock. If you miss it, you're in big trouble.
• 5:13
  Speaker 1: Have a wonderful vacation. Love you. You lower the note. Oh, right. Vacation.
• 5:22
  Speaker 1: You're going to California.
• 5:24
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 5:26
  Speaker 1: Your parents had already left for their own vacation, which
• 5:30
  Speaker 1: is why they arranged for you to spend the weekend
• 5:32
  Speaker 1: with your cousin. You quickly begin eating your breakfast. Then
• 5:38
  Speaker 1: you glance at the clock.
• 5:41
  Speaker 3: 8.01.
• 5:42
  Speaker 1: Oh no! You stop chewing. You run over to the window.
• 5:48
  Speaker 1: And outside you see a shuttle van pulling away from
• 5:51
  Speaker 1: your driveway. Wait! You yell. You drop your breakfast, grab
• 5:58
  Speaker 1: your bag, and race to the front door. Blobby comes
• 6:02
  Speaker 1: running behind you. You throw open the door just in
• 6:06
  Speaker 1: time to see the shuttle disappear around the corner. Oh no.
• 6:15
  Speaker 1: It's too late. The shuttle's gone and you... You are
• 6:21
  Speaker 1: going to be in big trouble. You look down at
• 6:26
  Speaker 1: your bag. What am I supposed to do now? Something
• 6:32
  Speaker 1: soft brushes against your leg. You look down and Blobby,
• 6:38
  Speaker 1: still in cat form, looks up at you.
• 6:40
  Speaker 4: Blobby?
• 6:42
  Speaker 1: He says. Then his body begins to change. His legs
• 6:48
  Speaker 1: stretch outward. His head grows longer. Gigantic wings burst from
• 6:54
  Speaker 1: his back. And within seconds, an enormous cat with dragon
• 7:00
  Speaker 1: wings is standing in the driveway. A creature unlike anything
• 7:06
  Speaker 1: you've ever seen, but honestly it looks really comfortable to
• 7:10
  Speaker 1: ride on. You stare at him. Well, I guess we
• 7:16
  Speaker 1: don't have much choice. Blobby lowers one wing. You climb
• 7:22
  Speaker 1: onto his back, holding your bag tightly. Okay, buddy, airport.
• 7:29
  Speaker 1: You grab a hold of a couple clumps of his
• 7:32
  Speaker 1: wonderfully soft blue fur, and with an enormous flap of
• 7:37
  Speaker 1: his wings, Blobby launches into the air. You soar high
• 7:43
  Speaker 1: above the houses, above the trees, over the roads until
• 7:48
  Speaker 1: the cars look like tiny little toys, and soon, You
• 7:54
  Speaker 1: rise through the clouds themselves. Cool mist brushes against your face. Well,
• 8:02
  Speaker 1: this is probably faster than the shuttle anyways, you say.
• 8:06
  Speaker 1: And Blobby lets out a delighted roar. Something between a
• 8:11
  Speaker 1: cat and a dragon noise. Before too long, you spot
• 8:18
  Speaker 1: the airport. Massive airplanes sit beside terminals. Others climb into
• 8:24
  Speaker 1: the sky. You point towards a little patch of trees
• 8:29
  Speaker 1: and grass beside the airport. Over there, buddy. That's probably
• 8:34
  Speaker 1: the right way to hide from others. Blobby swoops down,
• 8:40
  Speaker 1: carefully landing in a grassy nook where nobody can see him,
• 8:45
  Speaker 1: as long as they didn't see him landing in the
• 8:47
  Speaker 1: first place anyways. You climb off. Thanks, buddy. Now, You
• 8:53
  Speaker 1: better head home, okay? I don't think they allow gelatinous
• 8:58
  Speaker 1: blobs on airplanes. They have a thing against liquids. Blobby shrinks.
• 9:04
  Speaker 1: His wings disappear. Then he transforms into a little toy soldier,
• 9:10
  Speaker 1: complete with a little helmet. He raises one hand, salutes you,
• 9:16
  Speaker 1: which causes you to laugh a little bit. See you
• 9:19
  Speaker 1: when I get back, you say. Blobby transforms into a
• 9:24
  Speaker 1: little blue bird. He flaps his wings and flies away.
• 9:30
  Speaker 1: You watch him disappear above the trees. Then you grab
• 9:36
  Speaker 1: your bag and hurry out of the wooded area toward
• 9:39
  Speaker 1: the airport. Suddenly, something bumps against your leg. You stop. Huh?
• 9:47
  Speaker 1: What was that? You look around, but you can't see anything.
• 9:53
  Speaker 1: You check behind you and, well, still see nothing. That's weird.
• 9:59
  Speaker 1: You shrug your shoulders and continue walking. Inside the airport,
• 10:05
  Speaker 1: a very official woman, well, an official-looking woman, approaches you.
• 10:10
  Speaker 1: Hello there. Can I help you find something? Uh, yeah.
• 10:16
  Speaker 1: I'm flying to California to visit my cousin. You show
• 10:20
  Speaker 1: her the ticket. She smiles. Wonderful. You're right on time.
• 10:26
  Speaker 1: Maybe even a little bit early. Come with me. She
• 10:30
  Speaker 1: leads you towards the security checkpoint. There are people everywhere.
• 10:36
  Speaker 1: Some are carrying enormous suitcases. Others are pulling little wheeled bags.
• 10:42
  Speaker 1: And one person is trying to convince a toddler that
• 10:45
  Speaker 1: an airplane is not, in fact... something he should worry about. Eventually,
• 10:53
  Speaker 1: you reach the front of the line. Place your bag
• 10:56
  Speaker 1: on the conveyor belt, please, says the security officer. You
• 11:01
  Speaker 1: do exactly that. Your bag disappears into a strange machine
• 11:07
  Speaker 1: while you walk through the metal detector. Everything seems fine
• 11:13
  Speaker 1: until another security officer looks at the screen.
• 11:18
  Speaker 4: Ugh.
• 11:19
  Speaker 1: Hold on a moment. You stop. Is something wrong? We're
• 11:25
  Speaker 1: detecting some sort of suspicious liquid inside this bag. Your
• 11:30
  Speaker 1: stomach drops. The officer opens your bag. Out come your clothes,
• 11:37
  Speaker 1: your toothbrush, your pajamas, and then a strange little blue
• 11:43
  Speaker 1: squid-like stuffed animal. The officer picks it up. Uh, what's this?
• 11:51
  Speaker 1: You stare.
• 11:53
  Speaker 4: Blobby.
• 11:55
  Speaker 1: Of course. Oh, man. Uh, that's my stuffed animal, you say?
• 12:03
  Speaker 1: The officer squeezes it. It looks awfully squishy. We're not
• 12:10
  Speaker 1: allowed to have any liquid on the planes, you know. Uh, yeah,
• 12:14
  Speaker 1: that's just one of those memory foam things, you say?
• 12:19
  Speaker 1: Another officer walks over. Is there liquid inside it? Uh, no,
• 12:26
  Speaker 1: I don't think so. The first officer turns the squid around.
• 12:32
  Speaker 1: One of its tentacles slowly curls around his finger. He freezes.
• 12:38
  Speaker 1: Did it just move? You freeze too. No, it just
• 12:43
  Speaker 1: kind of reacts automatically like that. You know, uh, memory
• 12:48
  Speaker 1: foam squishies and all that. He stares at the squid.
• 12:53
  Speaker 1: The squid does absolutely nothing. He gives it another squeeze.
• 13:00
  Speaker 1: Must have imagined it. After checking the rest of your bag,
• 13:04
  Speaker 1: the officers seem satisfied. All right, you're good to go.
• 13:10
  Speaker 1: You quickly pack everything back into the bag. Not as
• 13:14
  Speaker 1: neatly as your parents did, of course. You just kind
• 13:18
  Speaker 1: of shove it in quickly. Blobby, you say. Two little
• 13:23
  Speaker 1: eyes reappear. Blobby, I told you to go home. Blobby
• 13:32
  Speaker 1: looks at you.
• 13:34
  Speaker 4: Blobby?
• 13:34
  Speaker 1: You have to listen to me. When we get to California,
• 13:40
  Speaker 1: you absolutely cannot let my cousin know you're a shapeshifting blob. He'll, well...
• 13:47
  Speaker 1: I don't know what he'd do if he found out
• 13:48
  Speaker 1: you were a shape-shifting blob, but I imagine it isn't nice.
• 13:54
  Speaker 1: Blobby nods and then transforms into a tiny blue hamster.
• 13:59
  Speaker 1: He squeaks. You sigh. Fine, but behave yourself and stay there.
• 14:08
  Speaker 1: A little while later, you find yourself sitting on the airplane.
• 14:14
  Speaker 1: You buckle your seat. Blobby stays perfectly still inside your
• 14:19
  Speaker 1: pocket for about, well, five minutes. The plane takes off,
• 14:25
  Speaker 1: you watch the ground disappear beneath you, and soon you're
• 14:29
  Speaker 1: flying through the clouds. Everything is going wonderfully until you
• 14:34
  Speaker 1: hear someone scream. You turn. A woman two rows ahead
• 14:40
  Speaker 1: is lifted both feet off the floor.' There' s a mouse!'
• 14:46
  Speaker 1: She yells. Another passenger looks down. I saw it too.
• 14:51
  Speaker 1: Suddenly people are lifting their bags, pulling their feet into
• 14:55
  Speaker 1: the air and looking underneath everything. A flight attendant rushes
• 15:00
  Speaker 1: down the aisle. What's the problem? She asks. There's a
• 15:07
  Speaker 1: mouse on the airplane. One of the passengers yells. You
• 15:11
  Speaker 1: slowly look down at your pocket. Empty. Oh, man, you whisper.
• 15:19
  Speaker 1: The flight attendant gets down on her hands and knees
• 15:22
  Speaker 1: with a flashlight. There it is! A tiny blue hamster
• 15:27
  Speaker 1: darts underneath a seat. Someone else screams. A man lifts
• 15:32
  Speaker 1: both legs so high that his knees practically touch his chin.
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: Blobby scurries beneath another row. Then he spots a discarded cracker.
• 15:43
  Speaker 1: He stops, eats it, and continues running. You slap your forehead.
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: The flight attendant crawls further down the aisle. Come here,
• 15:55
  Speaker 1: little mouse, she says. Blobby turns around, sees the flashlight,
• 16:02
  Speaker 1: and his eyes grow enormous. Then he suddenly becomes even smaller,
• 16:09
  Speaker 1: a tiny blue beetle. He crawls beneath the seat, makes
• 16:14
  Speaker 1: his way back toward you, and climbs up your shoe.
• 16:18
  Speaker 1: You quickly scoop him into your pocket. A little hamster
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: head pops out again. Ploppy, I told you to stay here.
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: Why do you never listen to me? Eventually, the flight
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: attendant announces that the mysterious creature seems to have disappeared, and...
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: To help everyone settle down, they're going to be handing
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: out complimentary snacks. Cookies, crackers, little bags of pretzels. You
• 16:51
  Speaker 1: look down at Blobby. Well, I guess something good came
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: out of that. Blobby gives you a tiny thumbs up
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: as you select your favorite kind of chips from the
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: flight attendant. After a few more hours, the airplane finally
• 17:09
  Speaker 1: lands in California. You collect your bag from the overhead
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: compartment and make your way through the airport. And there,
• 17:19
  Speaker 1: waiting for you, is your cousin Tavi. He waves excitedly. Hey, Tavi!
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: You run over and give him a hug. His parents
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: are standing beside him, smiling. Before long, you're all driving
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: away from the airport. You and Tavi sit together in
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: the back seat. So, Tavi asks, how was your flight? Well, interesting,
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: you say. Interesting how? Well, there was a mouse on
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: the plane. A mouse? Yeah, it caused a whole lot
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: of trouble. You feel something moving inside your bag. Oh no.
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: You quickly press your hand against it, but you're too late.
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: A little blue hamster leaps out. It lands on the
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: seat beside you. Ploppy, it says. You reach for him,
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: but before you can grab him, Tavi suddenly looks down
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: at his own pocket. Plopface, stay in there. He says.
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: You stop. Wait, what? A tiny blue mouse crawls out
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: of Tavi's pocket. It looks like Blobby. Blobby looks at it.
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: Both creatures freeze. Then, their eyes grow enormous. Blobby! Blobface!
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: They squeal with excitement. They jump towards one another, and
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: they suddenly start transforming faster than you can follow. Hamster, mouse, kitten, frog,
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: tiny little dinosaur with tiny little arms, little dragon. Then,
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: both creatures melt into their original blue blob shapes and
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: wrap their little blobby arms around each other. You stare
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: at So does Tavi. Ah, you say. Yeah, Tavi answers.
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: Does yours shapeshift? Yep. Mine too, you say. You look
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: at the two blobs. They're bouncing happily. Where did you
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: find yours? Tavi asks. Under my bed. I found Blobface
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: in a garbage can at the movie theater one night,
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: eating a bunch of leftover snacks. You both look down again.
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: DO YOU THINK THEY KNOW EACH OTHER? YOU ASK. THEY
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: SEEM TO. MAYBE THEY'RE BROTHERS. OR COUSINS. YOU BOTH LAUGH. WELL,
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE. BY THE TIME YOU ARRIVE AT
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: TAVI'S HOUSE, THE TWO BLOBS ARE STILL BOUNCING AROUND EXCITEDLY.
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: LUCKILY TAVI'S PARENTS HAVEN'T NOTICED. You and Tavi hurry outside
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: so you can talk without anyone overhearing. So, Tavi says,
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: what do you want to do? You shrug. I don't know,
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: what do people do in California? Tavi grins. Well, want
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: to go surfing? You smile. I absolutely want to go surfing, yes.
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: A little while later, You're standing on a beautiful California beach.
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: The ocean stretches endlessly before you. Waves roll towards the shore.
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: Surfers paddle through the water. Tavi hands you a surfboard.
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: Come on! You carry it into the ocean. Soon, you're
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: paddling toward the waves. Unfortunately, there's one problem. There are
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: surfers everywhere. Every time you see a good wave, someone
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: else catches it first. You try moving further down the beach,
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: but it's still crowded. You try waiting, but no luck.
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: Nobody seems to want to wait for you and your cousin.
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: This stinks, you say. Tavi looks around, and then he smiles.
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: I have an idea. He turns toward the little blue
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: blob sitting on the board beside him. Blobface, do the thing. Blobface,
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: the blob says, before diving into the water. For a moment,
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: nothing happens, and then a gigantic blue fin rises above
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: the surface.
• 22:28
  Speaker 3: You stare.
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: Oh, no. A massive blue shark explodes out of the water. Shark!
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: Someone screams. Surfers immediately begin paddling toward the shore. The
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: shark leaps again. Its enormous mouth opens wide, showing rows
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: of gigantic and very sharp-looking teeth. People scramble out of
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: the ocean. Blobby notices what's happening. His eyes light up.
• 23:02
  Speaker 3: Blobby!
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: He too dives into the water, and a moment later
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: an even bigger blue shark leaps into the air. Tavi
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: starts laughing. This is awesome. We're going to have the
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: whole place to ourselves in minutes. Blobface notices the larger shark,
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: so he grows bigger. Lobby grows bigger in response, and
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: soon there are two absolutely ridiculous giant blue sharks jumping
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: around in the ocean. It only takes a few minutes
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: until the beach is nearly empty. You look at Tavi.
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: I think they're competing. Yeah, Blobface likes to show off,
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: Tavi says. I do, too. But at least we have
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: the place to ourselves. You paddle out. A beautiful wave
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: begins rolling toward you. You turn your board, paddle faster
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: and faster. Then the wave catches you. You push yourself upright,
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: and suddenly, you're surfing. You glide along the wave as
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: the ocean rushes beneath your feet. Tavi catches another wave
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: beside you. This is awesome, you yell, but unfortunately you're
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: still learning. Your board wobbles, your knees shake, and then,
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: with a splash, you fall straight into the water. You
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: tumble beneath the surface, the wave pushing you along. When
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: you finally pop back up, you notice that you're further
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: from your board than you'd like. Oh, great. Suddenly, something
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: smooth brushes against your leg, which is never really a
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: good sign when you're in the water, but when you
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: look down, you see a bright blue dolphin. Blobby. Blobby,
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: the dolphin answers. and, well, nudges you towards the floating board.
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: You grab it. Then, as you climb on, Blobby swims
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: underneath and pushes you back out into the ocean. Thanks, buddy.
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: Before you can do anything, he turns you around and
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: starts to swim, pushing your board once again as the
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: wave approaches. Oh. Thanks, Blobby, you say as you catch
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: the wave, jump up on your board, and begin surfing
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: once again. You continue this for the rest of the afternoon,
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: Blobby helping you surf on a, well, pretty well abandoned beach.
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: You slowly get better at it, especially knowing that you
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: have a little life-saving companion swimming nearby at all times.
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: For the rest of the weekend, you have an incredible time. Surfing, swimming,
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: riding blue dolphins around and checking out the area. But eventually,
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: the weekend has to come to an end. It's time
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: to go home. You pack your clothes, your toothbrush, your souvenirs,
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: and of course, your little blue mouse. At least you're
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: pretty sure it's blobby. Tavi is still asleep when his
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: parents drive you to the airport. You say goodbye, get
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: through the security, and board the plane. This time, your
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: little blue mouse behaves perfectly. No escaping, or running underneath
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: the seats, or screaming passengers. You even sneak him a
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: little piece of your complimentary snack, which he eats happily.
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: then curls up inside your pocket. Good job, buddy, you whisper. Eventually,
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: the airplane lands and you're home, or pretty close to home.
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: You collect your bag and make your way outside. You
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: know you're supposed to catch the airport shuttle, but you
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: look down at the little blue mouse. You know what, Blobby?
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: The mouse looks up. Maybe we should ride home in style.
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: You grin. How about we find ourselves somewhere quiet, and
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: you turn back into that cat-dragon thing or whatever it was.
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: The little mouse suddenly looks uncomfortable. It glances around. Blobface,
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: it says quietly. You stop. What?
• 28:13
  Speaker 3: What?
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: Blob face you stare then suddenly with a whoosh something
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: enormous drops out of the sky a gigantic blue cat
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: dragon lands in the grassy area beside you and sitting
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: on its back is Tavi Tavi? your cousin climbs down
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: hey what are you doing here You ask. Tavi points
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: toward the mouse. You took the wrong one home. You
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: look down. The mouse slowly transforms into a little blue puppy,
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: and its ears drop. Its tail hangs between its legs. Blobface,
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: it says sadly. Tavi crosses his arms. Get over here, blobface.
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: The puppy slowly walks toward him I'm sorry, Tavi says laughing.
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: I didn't realize till after you left, but this little
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: guy kept saying blobby to everything. You look at the
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: enormous blue dragon cat. Blobby? Blobby, the dragon cat responds.
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: He immediately lowers his head and presses his it against you.
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: You wrap your arms around his enormous stout. Good to
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: see you too, buddy, even if I didn't think I
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: had you the whole time. Meanwhile, Blobface transforms into a
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: proper dragon of his own. Tavi climbs onto his back. Well,
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: I better get going home. It's a bit of a
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: long flight on a dragon. You laugh. Thanks for bringing
• 30:07
  Speaker 1: him back. No problem. Come visit again. I guess now
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: that I know you can come anytime you want with
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: a creature like that. Tavi gives a little kick and
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: the blue dragon jumps into the air, flying higher and
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: higher until he disappears into the sky. You climb onto
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: the very comfortable cat dragon and nudge him forward as well.
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: Before long, you find yourself flying over your very own neighborhood.
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: Blobby descends behind your house, you climb off, and he
• 30:50
  Speaker 1: shrinks back into his usual little blue blob. Then he
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: follows you inside. You carry your bag upstairs, change into
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: your pajamas, and climb into your wonderfully comfortable bed. Blobby
• 31:08
  Speaker 1: jumps up beside you. His body begins changing. Soft blue
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: fur grows across him once again. Four little blue paws appear.
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: A fluffy tail curls around his body. Until once again,
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: he's a beautiful... Long-haired blue cat. The non-dragon kind, of course.
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: He curls up beside your pillow. You reach over, give
• 31:39
  Speaker 1: him a little scratch behind the ears, and say, You know, buddy,
• 31:44
  Speaker 1: that was a pretty amazing vacation. Blobby closes his eyes. Blobby,
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: he says softly, and then he begins to purr. Slowly,
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: you begin to focus on your own breath, noticing your
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: stomach rise and fall with each breath and allowing your
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: muscles to relax a little bit more. You start by
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: focusing on your arms, letting go of any tension and
• 32:25
  Speaker 1: allowing them to sink into the mattress. Then you focus
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: on your legs and with the next out breath, you
• 32:36
  Speaker 1: allow them to fully relax and sink into the mattress
• 32:41
  Speaker 1: as well. You let go of the tension in your shoulders,
• 32:47
  Speaker 1: your neck, and even your face. And with each breath
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: you sink down deeper and deeper into the mattress. The
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: more you breathe, the better you feel, and the better
• 33:04
  Speaker 1: you feel, the deeper you sink. Until soon, you find
• 33:11
  Speaker 1: your mind wandering off to thoughts of new dreams, new adventures,
• 33:20
  Speaker 1: and new interesting blob transformations to come. Good night, everyone.
• 33:38
  Speaker 4: Thank you.
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: Thank you.
• 35:13
  Speaker 4: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Amen. you Thank you.
• 42:20
  Speaker 4: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
• 47:53
  Speaker 4: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
• 52:08
  Speaker 1: Thank you.
• 53:02
  Speaker 4: You Thank you.
• 55:40
  Speaker 1: You you.
• 58:33
  Speaker 3: Thank you.
• 59:15
  Speaker 1: You